| Angel Writer: An editor that creates formatted text, graphics and tables for .TXT, .RTF, and html files. |
| Bhaum: Text/HTML editor and RTF viewer for Windows. |
| ConTEXT: Programmer's editor with syntax highlighting, HTML and RTF export, multiple language versions, macros, columnar text selection, and a file explorer. |
| Crimson Editor: Windows text editor that fits on a floppy yet offers powerful features and customizable syntax highlighting. |
| DatePad: Combines calendar functions with text editing features. [Win 98 or better] |
| Dav: GNU/Linux console-based text editor. Freely licensed under the GPL. |
| EditPad Classic: Notepad replacement for Windows with unlimited file size, and multiple file tabs. [Postcardware] |
| EditPad Lite: Windows text editor with block functions and Asian language support. [Non-commercial use only.] |
| ExtremePad: Contains MinLock feature to hide important information, lines-of-code count function and email cleanup tool. [Windows] |
| Fuzzy Duck Note Tab: A small note taking application that lives in the MS Windows task tray. Includes many advanced features such as a spell checker and saving to ftp. [Requires VB runtime] |
| gedit: Lightweight editing tool for the GNOME desktop found in many distributions of Linux, BSD and other Unix systems. Offers a complete integration with the GNOME Environment, search and replace, configurable plugins system, command line pipes, print/print-preview, and configurable undo/redo levels. |
| GNU Nano: Clone of the Pico text editor with some enhancements. Available for Linux and DOS. [Open Source - GPL] |
| Haxial TextEdit: Fast loading time, features include renaming files within TextEdit and alphabetical line sorting. [Windows, Mac OS] |
| ISO 8859-2: Simple text editor for editing files with codepage ISO 8859-2 (Central European). [Windows] |
| JCreator: Provides the user with a wide range of functionality such as: Project management, project templates, syntax highlighting, wizards and a fully customizable user interface. |
| JED: A programmer's editor for the Unix, VMS, MSDOS, OS/2, BeOS, QNX, and win9X/NT platforms. |
| jEdit: A cross platform programmer's text editor written in Java that is customizable with plugins. [Requires Java VM] |
| Jext for Windows: Jext is a powerful pure Java text editor. That has been mainly designed for programmers. It provides syntax colorizing (Java, Perl, XML, HTML.), auto indent, plugins, scripts, others. |
| JPad: A simple editor for writing java programs. [Win32] |
| KeyNote: A tabbed editor that has several plugins to add dialer, and calendar. [Open Source, Mozilla Public License] |
| LedLineIt!: Free cross-platform, syntax coloring text editor, supports UNICODE, UTF-8, and other code page conversions. [MacOS/Windows] |
| mdiNotepad: A Multiple document interface (MDI) text editor with customizable toolbar, large file suport, customizable function keys, recent documents menu, auto complete support, and the ability to strip HTML. [Win32] |
| MetaPad: Notepad replacement for Windows with unlimited file size, context sensitive URLs, unix file format support, and file changed notification. |
| Netpadd: Windows text editor with syntax highlighting for several languages, XML tree view, CSS browser, HTML autocomplete, and Java compiler launcher. (Open Source) |
| NNED: Syntax editor for web developer or remote UNIX administrator and UNIX and Windows programmers, support export to RTF format and HTML format. |
| Notepad++: Editor with tabbed interface, configurable syntax highlighting, syntax folding, line numbering, multi-view, bookmarks and regular expression search and replace. |
| Notepad2: Florian Balmer's free notepad replacement (licensed under the GPL) intended to be small and fast, with syntax highlighting. |
| NotepadEx: Notepad replacement without size limitation, with trim trailing spaces function. [Windows] |
| Notes Center: Utility that provides a way of storing and retrieving all of your notes. |
| Notespad: A general text editor with configurable interface, dictionary support for seven languages, supports multiple text formats, and supports text files as large as memory allows. [Win16/Win32] |
| NotGNU Emacs Editor: NotGNU is a freeware, user-friendly, emacs style text editor -- similar to GNU Emacs but much smaller and lighter, with a Windows look and feel. It is available for DOS, Windows 3.x/95/98/NT machines and linux. |
| PechaMaker: Creates Tibetan Pecha documents, allows import/export of RTF text, and has controls for pecha layout and printing. [Win32] |
| Perl Code Editor: A editor for Perl which includes: Syntax Coloring, Bookmarks, Auto Indenting, and Line Ending Conversion (Unix to Windows). [win32] |
| phpEditorIDE: An advanced tool for creating web pages in PHP, HTML, CSS, JScript and VBScript. Includes FTP and MySQL clients and other add-ons. Free download, support and forum. |
| Programmer's File Editor: Once popular Windows editor, no longer in development. |
| PSPad: A programmers editor that offers unlimited length of edited text, an MDI interface, built-in FTP client, macro recorder, various templates, a full HEX editor and spell checker. Available in English, German, Czech, French, Danish, and eight other languages. |
| RegexSR: A tool to create complex regular expressions and transform them into Java code. |
| Resource Hacker: Utility to edit Windows executable resources. |
| Roden Web Editor: An editor with that supports HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, XML, SVG, WML. |
| SciTE: A SCIntilla based text editor.[Win32/linux] |
| Singlish: Simple and easy to use Sinhala text editor that allows for typing Sinhala in ASCII text as it is pronounced in English. |
| Sinhala Software Solutions: MADHURA Bilingual software enables computers to work with English and Sinhala languages simultaneously |
| SLED - Simple Line EDitor: Created primarily for composing email on a Unix console. Allows you to edit files that are wider than your screen's column size by horizontal scrolling. |
| Steno Pad 2: A free word processor, compatible with MS Word and Word Perfect, with smaller files. |
| subpad: A simple notepad clone with a few extra features. |
| Super NoteTab Light: Freeware version of award-winning text editor Super NoteTab. |
| SuperEdi: Unicode text editor for programmers and web designers with syntax coloring and build-in FTP client. [Win32] |
| Syuhitu: A simple editor for SPARC Solaris that is compatible with the Common Desktop Environment. |
| TED Notepad: Offers numerous hotkeys, several clipboards, advanced searching and editing, unicode/utf-8 support, sort unique lines, reverse or translate characters, cut columns. Also supports user plugins for grep or dir. [Win32] |
| The Literary Machine: LM 2000 creativity and authoring tool. Powered by a relational database that processes ideas and research for brainstorming and concept mapping. Features front-end word processing to order and compile texts into written compositions. |
| tsWebEditor: Windows source code editor supporting a number of programming languages. Software description, screenshots, downloads add-ons, and a small support area. |
| Win32pad: Small notepad replacement which supports Windows, Unix and Mac text formats, supports files as large as memory will allow, has a recent files list, configurable interface, and full intellimouse support. [Win32] |
| Xint: A simple editor without toolbars, redundant dialogs, or other uneccesary components. [Open Source, GPL] |
| Xoology Coda: A full syntax parsing editor with integrated debugger. Support JavaScript, HTML, XHTML, XML. |
| Yikes 2: Windows-based editor designed to emulate DOS edit. Supports editing of plain text and, to some extent, binary files. |
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